WoRMS name details
Cypraea rashleighana Melvill, 1888
575035 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:575035)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
- Variety Cypraea rashleighana var. transpiciens J. K. Taylor, 1916 accepted as Talostolida latior (Melvill, 1888) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Cypraea rashleighana var. eunota J. K. Taylor, 1916 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Melvill, J. C. (1888). Description of a new species of <i>Cypraea</i>. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 5(9): 288-289, pl. 2 fig. 26., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31653934
page(s): pl. 2, fig. 56 [details]
page(s): pl. 2, fig. 56 [details]
Note Original locality unknown
From editor or global species database
Type locality Original locality unknown [details]
Etymology Named for the Cypraea collector, Jonathan Rashleigh of Menabilly, Cornwall
Etymology Named for the Cypraea collector, Jonathan Rashleigh of Menabilly, Cornwall [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Cypraea rashleighana Melvill, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575035 on 2024-05-09
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original description
Melvill, J. C. (1888). Description of a new species of <i>Cypraea</i>. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 5(9): 288-289, pl. 2 fig. 26., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31653934
page(s): pl. 2, fig. 56 [details]
basis of record Keen, A. M. (1971). Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru. ed. 2. Stanford University Press. xv, 1064 pp., 22 pls. [details]
additional source Melvill, J. C. (1898). Note on <i>Cypraea rashleighana</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 12(7): 80-81., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42799622 [details]
additional source Ingram, W. M. (1945). An extension of the range of <i>Cypraea rashleighana</i> Melvill. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 58(3): 106-107., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8517339 [details]
page(s): pl. 2, fig. 56 [details]
basis of record Keen, A. M. (1971). Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru. ed. 2. Stanford University Press. xv, 1064 pp., 22 pls. [details]
additional source Melvill, J. C. (1898). Note on <i>Cypraea rashleighana</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 12(7): 80-81., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42799622 [details]
additional source Ingram, W. M. (1945). An extension of the range of <i>Cypraea rashleighana</i> Melvill. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 58(3): 106-107., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8517339 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology Named for the Cypraea collector, Jonathan Rashleigh of Menabilly, Cornwall [details]Type locality Original locality unknown [details]
